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Old 01-14-2013, 09:26 PM   #1
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Hullo! I fell into Middle Earth a few years ago, and have yet to crawl back out again. I thought I'd come in and hide behind all the new Hobbit fans. I'm torn between horror and awe of the latest movie, to be honest, but no one I knew in real life understood why I have problems with it...so I came here.

It's amazing to read about other people who enjoy The Children of Hurin. I always thought I was insane to call it my favorite.
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Old 01-14-2013, 09:41 PM   #2
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Hullo! I fell into Middle Earth a few years ago, and have yet to crawl back out again. I thought I'd come in and hide behind all the new Hobbit fans. I'm torn between horror and awe of the latest movie, to be honest, but no one I knew in real life understood why I have problems with it...so I came here.
Welcome, Thurin! I haven't myself seen the new movie, so I can't speak with any authority about it. But there are certainly many here who can.

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It's amazing to read about other people who enjoy The Children of Hurin. I always thought I was insane to call it my favorite.
I wouldn't say CoH is my favorite, but as an apparent amalgam of Túrin's story from The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales it's distinctly readable and interesting.
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Old 01-14-2013, 10:30 PM   #3
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Welcome, Thurin! I haven't myself seen the new movie, so I can't speak with any authority about it. But there are certainly many here who can.



I wouldn't say CoH is my favorite, but as an apparent amalgam of Túrin's story from The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales it's distinctly readable and interesting.
Thank you for the welcome! I guess I just love a good tragedy with regards towards CoH. Watching Turin's descent into madness is riveting, especially when I stop and try to decide how much of Turin's suffering can be blamed on himself and how much was a direct result of Morgoth's curse.

Which book is your favorite? (Unless you like them all equally, which is certainly plausible.)
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Old 01-15-2013, 06:49 AM   #4
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I'm torn between horror and awe of the latest movie, to be honest, but no one I knew in real life understood why I have problems with it...so I came here.
We feel your pain - many of us feel the same way. Welcome to the Downs!

My favourite depends on what I'm reading. When I'm reading LOTR, I go 'Omigod this is so good, how can I ever have said the Silmarillion is better?' and when it's the Sil I'm going through, I think 'Yeah this really is the most amazing of them all,' and so forth. I'm now rereading The Hobbit and enjoying it tremendously. Partly because there are dwarves, and dwarves are great.
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Old 01-16-2013, 08:25 AM   #5
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Greetings.

I am Bane Mantra. My username is an anagram.

I'm going through my yearly re-read of the most Silmarillion, and am at the point where I switch over to The Children of Hurin once I get to Of Turin Turambar. Then again, I'm also reading Neuromancer and Towers of Midnight as well, but I often read several books at once.

An interesting fact about myself is that I am part titanium.
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:35 AM   #6
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Welcome. There is an old anagram thread somewhere. I keep meaning to do a systematic reread but I tend to dip into the books these days and now I have a kindle reading several books is made easier.
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Old 01-16-2013, 11:08 AM   #7
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Which book is your favorite? (Unless you like them all equally, which is certainly plausible.)
I'll have to take the cop-out and say I like them equally, with different elements of Tolkien's works having varying appeal depending on my mood.
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Old 01-16-2013, 11:43 AM   #8
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Old 01-16-2013, 12:38 PM   #9
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You're an ant/bear/man hybrid? Astounding!
You left out "cyborg." That'd make it complete.

But no, I'm not Beorn with antennae. Although I can see that in my mind's eye, and it's frightening.
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Another human I know who can claim to be part titanium had surgery on her shoulder and arm bones, so I'm assuming you also have such a plebeian explanation, Bane.

Welcome and I hope you enjoy being dead, as we say here.
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Welcome to the Downs, Thurin! I seem to share your passion for COH and your attitude for the movie!
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